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thedawghousev2 on 06 April 2015
JazzB1987 said:
thedawghousev2 said:

Yeah dog, just like every game on the Gamecube, Mario Kart Double Dash destroys Mario Kart 8. It had more soul, I like the design better, and the Double Dash part is just better than having a singular character.

- The tracks are better

- The characters are better

- Music is soooo much better

- Karts are more creative

- The award ceremony in Double Dash is glorious

Discuss 

What?

The tracks are better   well maybe.
The characters are better?  DLC included? Nope    DLC excluded? Yes.
The music is better? In no universe is the music better. Its super repetitive..And extremely annoying and way to many  courses share the same music which would not be that big of a problem if the game would not have such crappy music.

The music sounds lazy, boring and uninspired and partially as if its ripped from a goofy silent black and white comedy.
The menu theme, sherbet land and DaisyCruiser/PeachBeach are like the only songs that fit the actual racing course or dont sound repetitive.(the later only works for PeachBeach and not the DaisyCruiser it just does not fit a ship as much as it fits an island.)

Mushroom Bridge/Mushroom City, Baby Park, MarioLuigiYoshi Circuit, etc are just awful. (kill it!)
Waluigi Stadium/Wario Colosseum   also repetitive and kinda boring.
DK Mountain/Dino Dino Jungle  is just boring
Rainbow Road is also boring. (the melody is wasted in this track because of the "crap" around it)


Karts are more creative? maybe.
Award ceremony?  I obviously agree.

You forgot the Battlemode is also better on DD.  Mk8 battle mode is a joke.


BUT!
The controls suck used diapers. (i dunno just wanted to show how bad they are xD )
The whole game feels slow and boring. For me its the NSMB of MarioKart.

Mario Kart DD is the only MarioKart game ever that I hated. It was the cheapest I ever bought only was 15 bucks compared to the regular prices I paid for the other MarioKart games. But the game is just bad.

The DoubleKart solution is also something that nobody needs. I hated it

All in all MK DD is a clunky slow repetitive boring Mario kart game with bad music


you pretty just said everything in double dash is better except the music



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JazzB1987 on 06 April 2015
thedawghousev2 said:
JazzB1987 said:
thedawghousev2


you pretty just said everything in double dash is better except the music


How?

Characters are only better if you do NOT include MK8 DLC characters.

The award ceremony is better. (since Mk8 does not have one but its not needed at all)

Battle mode is better (MK8 does not have one as far as I am concerned)

Thats it

2 or 3 things depending on whether you allow MK8 DLC characters or not.


I hate most courses in the game but when just looking at the course without the design surrounding it (like SHAPE ONLY) they are okay. Thats why I decided to go with  maybe instead of  No.

Karts is a maybe because I cannot remember DD karts so I cannot say YES or NO. (But since I forgot all of them they are probably worse than MK8 that even allows me to ride bikes, quads,  Yoshi, Shoes etc)



Pavolink on 07 April 2015

I may have another MK8 version because the one I have played has boring music.



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Curmudgeon on 07 April 2015

Mario Kart 8 is a lot better than Double Dash

Double Dash is the second best Mario Kart



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baloofarsan on 07 April 2015

As always with Nintendos games the question arises (this time about Double Dash):
WHY is it not an option?
If they successfuly implemented the DD-function why not keep it to the next iteration, and maybe even improve it with more options (including the choice of DD - on or off).



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cutzman25 on 07 April 2015

MK8 is the best kart game I have played IMO



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Lucas-Rio on 07 April 2015

I like Mario Kart 8 better.

Except the battle mode, everything is close to perfect. The racing is perfect.



AZWification on 07 April 2015

Stopped reading at " The track are better.".. Wario Mountain is miles better than any track Double Dash has to offer.



                
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dongo8 on 07 April 2015

Lots of people look at their favorite past games and nostalgia takes over, "this game was the best!" they think. My brother is the same way with Halo 2 and Halo 3, they were amazing games, but most of the gaming community has moved onto bigger, better things. Those games are now in a fast-paced, action driven era where they just can't survive. I look at Double Dash, and I have had a few people now say to me that it was the best entry in the series. ABSOLUTELY not true. MK8 is better in every way, and even Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart 7 kick its butt. Mario Kart Wii was sort of a disappointment being the only entry on the system, but holy crap, how can you say that Double Dash is better than 8? The double component made it feel clunky, having two characters on one kart was like driving with a chain chomp dragging off your back end. It made the control much less precise, it made the in and out turning very difficult on some tracks, and it just felt slower. The tracks were great, the gameplay, not nearly as much fun. Especially the pushing function, it just got annoying in a lot of cases. Mario Kart 8 has snappy gameplay, punchy music, decent (not perfect) item selection, and online play, which is a HUGE advancement that adds more challenge and fun to the game than many may think. Gamecube had one of the greatest selections of games EVER, but Double Dash in my opinion was not exactly one of them. Also, I like being able to JUMP slide, not just slide, so that was annoying. That is all.



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Barkley on 07 April 2015

1. Mario Kart 8
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. Mario Kart DS
4. Mario Kart 7
5. Mario Kart Double Dash
6. Mario Kart 64
7. Mario Kart Super Circuit
8. Super Mario Kart

The tracks in double dash were fantastic and I enjoyed the special weapons each character had but the karts did not feel good in that game at all.